Guides for evaluating, self-hosting, and migrating to open source.

Self-host Miniflux in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~6K stars, Go — fast, minimalist RSS/Atom feed reader with keyboard shortcuts and Fever/Google Reader API now.

Self-host Miniflux RSS reader on Docker in 2026. AGPL 3.0, Go + PostgreSQL, keyboard-driven, API-first. Complete setup guide with mobile apps and Fever API.

Self-host Monica as a personal CRM in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~21K stars, PHP/Laravel — track relationships, birthdays, notes, activities. Complete Docker setup.

Self-host Navidrome in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~12K stars, Go — stream your music collection to any device. Subsonic-compatible API, transcoding, playlists, Last.fm.

Self-host Netdata for real-time performance monitoring in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~72K stars — 1-second granularity, 800+ metrics auto-collected, alerts, Grafana.

Set up Netdata for real-time server monitoring in 2026. Per-second metrics, 800+ auto-discovered integrations, ML anomaly detection, and zero configuration.

Self-host Nextcloud in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~27K stars, PHP — Google Drive + Calendar + Contacts + Office in one. Docker setup, Nextcloud Office (Collabora), Talk.

Self-host Nextcloud as a Google Drive alternative in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~27K stars — file sync, Office (Collabora), calendar, contacts, video calls here.

Self-host ntfy in 2026. Apache 2.0, ~16K stars, Go — pub/sub push notification service. Send alerts from scripts, servers, Home Assistant, Uptime Kuma, or.

Self-host OpenObserve for logs, metrics, and traces in 2026. Open source Datadog alternative with 140x storage efficiency. Docker setup, ingestion now.

Self-host Outline as a Notion alternative for team wikis in 2026. BSL license (free for self-hosting), ~29K stars, collaborative editing with Notion-like UI.

Self-host Owncast in 2026. MIT license, ~9K stars, Go — self-hosted live streaming with built-in chat, OBS support, Fediverse integration, and S3 storage.

Self-host Paperless-ngx in 2026. GPL 3.0, ~20K stars, Python/TypeScript — scan, OCR, and organize all your documents. Tag-based organization, full-text.

Step-by-step guide to deploying Penpot on your own server with Docker Compose. The open source design and prototyping tool that's a genuine Figma alternative.

Self-host PhotoPrism for AI photo management in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~34K stars, Go — scene recognition, face detection, auto-albums, EXIF indexing. Docker setup.

Deploy Plane on your own server with Docker Compose. The open source project management tool that replaces Jira, Linear, and Asana — completely under your.